Scientists‚ locals collide over SKA in Northern Cape: report

23 June 2016 - 15:25
By Bruce Gorton

Farmers in the Northern Cape are at loggerheads with the international Square Kilometre Array‚ according to a report in a respected science journal. Nature reported that the Northern Cape is planned to include 197 dishes‚ forming part of the project’s first phase.The 64-dish MeerKAT telescope is already being built‚ while the rest will be added from 2018.

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